Has anyone ever went to one of those programs for high schoolers where they go experience college for a few weeks during the summer? Money aside, what are people’s opinions about them? Was it worth the time? What did you learn from it?
On a fluke, I signed my daughter up for a rec volleyball squad at our local community center in March. Never played before. We all had to watch YouTube on how to play, rules, lingo, etc. Because me daughter is pretty athletic and naturally competitive, she’s been doing pretty good. She’s having a blast and is always begging someone to practice with her.
Last week she tried out for and made the middle school 7th grade volleyball team for the upcoming school year. Was probably 40 6th graders who tried out, they only accepted 20. Of that 20, they will be split into 10/10 A/B teams.
We are an active sports family but know absolutely nothing about volleyball. My kids currently play basketball, softball, and do track. Volleyball seems to be the easiest to get good at, but I’m wondering if I’m missing something? How can one be dominant at this sport? An athlete needs lots of precision in basketball and softball. Is a lot of precision needed in volleyball? I believe my daughter is doing well in volleyball because she’s an athletic go-getter. Middle school practices will start next month so we will get a chance to see what the others girls look like. But basically I’m just wondering what makes a player “dominant”? And what would you tell your child to do to try to make the A team?
My 8th grader has a side hustle and has been putting his money in a youth fidelity account. Since October, he’s kept 75% of it in the cash account, and 25% in VOO. He’s gained about $30 from VOO. He’s feeling adventurous. Any suggestions on what else he could invest in that may bring slightly more returns/risk than VOO? I was thinking VGT for the AI aspect, but we’re not sure. We don’t want the expense ratio to be too much higher than VOO either.